Tag: Missional living
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Reflections on Chapter 1 of The New Christians by Tony Jones
Just read the first chapter of Tony Jones’ new book, The New Christians. I don’t have the book. The chapter I read was free on the internet. I requested a copy from Tony to review on Missional Methodist Movement website, but as of now, I haven’t received it. I mention that because I want to…
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Why Emergent?
There was an excellent blog entry at TheBlogBlog. The term Emergent and Postmodern is getting thrown around quit a bit these days. The post I’m quoting from basically reflects my feelings on the issue. For me, the biggest change, in my understanding, has been moving more to a missional arena. I’m not there yet, but…
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The Move to Emergent
Last night I had the privilege of having dinner with a few friends. One of the couples is moving 1000 miles to minister to artists. They are artists, but for the past few years they have been Pastors of worship and arts at a mid-size church (700-900). What struck me was how comfortable they seemed…
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Missional Opportunity
I wonder how other people feel about doing "good works" but not "stamping" Jesus all over what we do. I’ve had some conversations with people at my church and many feel it is giving God glory to let people know the reason why we are doing what we are doing is because of what Jesus…
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Label: Christian
What if Christians stopped seeing themselves as Christian? What if the label Christian lost its significance? What would happen if instead of answering the question, “Are you a Christian” affirmatively, we stepped back and found some other way to define who we are? We are in a mass marketed, mass communication, mass information Culture where…